PORTLAND, Ore. -- In the frenzied celebration following his buzzer-beating 3-pointer to eliminate the Houston Rockets from the playoffs, Portland Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard grabbed the public address microphone and shouted:
"Rip City!"
The hom...

PORTLAND, Ore. -- James Harden snapped out of his slump. Omer Asik stopped LaMarcus Aldridge. But it was rookie Troy Daniels who made all the difference for the Houston Rockets.
Daniels, who spent time in the D-L...

PHOENIX (AP) -- The good news for the Portland Trail Blazersis they only face Goran Dragic and the Phoenix Suns one more time. And that's not until spring.
Dragic scored 31 points, Channing Frye added 25 ...

The Portland Winterhawks (18-5-2-1) staged a big third period comeback but dropped a 5-4 decision in overtime in Seattle against the Thunderbirds (13-9-1-3) Saturday.
After Seattle’s Justin Hickman ope...

France's coaches and several players believed Spain intentionally lost a final preliminary round game Monday in which Spain blew a 12-point fourth quarter lead toBrazil. The loss allowed Spain to face France in the quarterfinals, and would potentially keep it away from the powerfulUnited Statesuntil the gold-medal game.

Asked if he was convinced that Spain had taken a dive in the fourth quarter of the game withBrazil, Batum told Yahoo! Sports, "They did what they had to do."

When told that some won't think that a deliberate punch to the groin is in the Olympic spirit, Batum said, "Do you think if you lost a game on purpose, that's the Olympic spirit?"

Batum signed a four-year, $45 million contract extension with the Portland Trail Blazers this summer.

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ALOHA, Ore. - The Golf Channel Am Tour of Portland conducted the final round of Portland Tour Championship on Sunday on the South Course at the Reserve Vineyards & Golf Club
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ALOHA, Ore. - The Golf Channel Am Tour of Portland conducted their annual Portland Tour Championship on Saturday on the North Course at the Reserve Vineyards & Golf Club
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GRESHAM, Ore. - Golf Channel Am Tour in Portland hosted their annual Northwest Shootout on Monday, June 3rd at Persimmon Country Club where high cloudy conditions and a tremendous course was enjoyed by everyone.
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NEWBERG, Ore. - Golf Channel Am Tour in Portland hosted their annual the Heritage on Saturday, June 1st at Chehalem Glenn Golf Course and beautiful conditions on a challenging track was enjoyed by everyone.
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SISTERS - Golf Channel Am Tour in Portland hosted their annual High Desert Championship on Sunday, May 12th at the Aspen Lakes Golf Club and beautiful conditions on a tough course was enjoyed by everyone.
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WEST LINN - Golf Channel Am Tour in Portland hosted their annual Oregon Players Championship on Monday, April 29th at the Oregon Golf Club and visiting Seattle players dominated the tournament.
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OREGON CITY - Golf Channel Am Tour in Portland hosted their annual Stone Creek Shootout on Saturday, March 23rd at the Stone Creek Golf Club and multiple repeat winners came to the fore-front.
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